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Show Page A6 THE DAILY HERALD, Piwo, Utah, Wednesday, March 25, 1998 r B vsrcce m repissi 14 1 R R !I II Senate neared passage of both measures. The Associated Press Strings attached to the IMF money the House Appropriations by WASHINGTON . Clinton Despite administration objections to some of Committee drew complaints from the provisions, bills providing $18 bil- Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and lion for the International Monetary Democrats, suggesting a confrontaFund advanced in the House and tion ahead. The White House also objected to the House committee's Senate on Tuesday. Lawmakers also worked on legisla- plan to cut housing and other domestion providing billions of dollars for El tic programs to pay for the defense a condition d disaster relief and mili- and disaster spending tary operations in the Persian Gulf most House Republicans are insisting and Bosnia. upon. "The confrontation artists are back House The Appropriations Committee approved a pair of bills, calling the shots," said Rep. David one providing the IMF funds and the Obey, blaming Republicans for other containing $2.9 billion for U.S. the budget fights that produced govtroops and domestic disasters. The ernment shutdowns in 1995 and 1996. By TOM RAUM - Nino-relate- PI The IMF money would help the international lending agency replenish loan funds depleted by the Asian economic crisis. The House panel approved the IMF legislation by voice vote, but placed conditions on the money that the administration said it Clinton defended the legislation and said the GOP conditions on the IMF, funds, which would require the; Clinton administration to aggressively' prod the IMF to tighten its lending ' policies, were responsible. "We're advancing the ball. We're fiinding IMF," Livingston said. 5 The House committee voted opposed. "While there are many issues in the to kill a Democratic amendment that legislation that we sympathize and would have called on the IMF to agree with, we have to differ on how to require stronger protections for workgo about it," Rubin told reporters. The ers and the environment in the counconditions set forth would take a long tries to which it lends money. Rep. time to achieve, if they could be at all. Frank Wolf, was the only defecIf that happened, the funding for the tor in a vote that was otherwise along IMF could be delayed." party lines. which was House The Senate version But Appropriations Committee Chairman Bob Livingston, nearing a final vote, possibly 29-2- Universal software language enthusiasm grows The Associated Press FRANCISCO It sounds like a high-tecdream: Running your favorite software on all kinds of computers, from office machines to home desktops to pocket organizers. Despite a widening industry rift, enthusiasm is growing among software developers for a computer language that could make that vision of universal software a reality. at a four-daDevelopers conference here that industry remained Tuesday hopeful began the Java programming language will free them to write software once to run on a range of computers and digital consumer devices regardless of the underlying operating system. Clouding the enthusiasm is a standards dispute between Sun giants industry Microsystems Inc., which created Java, and Microsoft Corp., which produces its own Java version that runs better on Windows personal computers than on rivals' machines. Java also has to overcome technical hurdles before it lives up to its promise of versatility, which could be several years away. But in a sign of Java's expanding popularity, Sun on Tuesday announced alliances with electronics giants Toshiba and Samsung, which plan to SAN h y use the programming language in future devices that work with different types of computers across a network "It's a vision that hasn't been completely realized, but it's true enough to make people pursue it," said Steve Mezak, vice president of Digital Market Inc., a Sunnyvale, Calif, startup that is developing Java software to track and sell electronic parts over the Internet. Mezak was one of 12,000 people at the annual JavaOne conference to celebrate what to the average computer user is pretty arcane stuff but could change the way people use computers and digital gizmos. The industry rift over Java widened last week when Hewlett-PackarCo., as did Microsoft, decided to produce its own version of Java that works best on its computers. But conference attendees said they weren't letting the schism distract them from their development drive. "They are committed to the idea of Java, the goal of "write once, run anywhere,"' said David Smith, an analyst with the Gartner Group in Stamford, Sun Conn., quoting Microsystem's slogan. Mezak and other attendees and betting on Java agreed were optimistic that eventually a single standard would emerge. d "It's a vision that has- n't been completely realized, but it's true enough to make people pursue it." Steve Mezak, Digital Market Inc. "I think the market will push it that way more than a court case," he said. Sun, based in Palo Alto, Calif., is a leading maker of workstations, powerful desktop computers and server machines but also licenses the Sun language to more than 100 other Jim Guy Tucker has proven request another grand jury be helpful to the investigation. appointed, Starr spoke of the LITTLE ROCK, Ark. 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